Yes, couldn't agree more. Drinking a beer as my ferry leaves Circular Quay, with the Harbour Bridge on my left, Opera House on my right, and skyscrapers in the sunset behind me, I often think about how awful my commute is compared to the Central Line sardine tin I used to catch home in the big smoke

Competing Salary Caps 2014
Top 14 (FRU) 8.5mill pounds
NRL 6.4mill pounds
Aviva Premiership (ERU) 4.5mill pounds
S14 2.6mill pounds
SL 1.7 mill pounds

going to be very hard to hold on to any talent in years ahead

If you don't like the fery why not get a bus.
We did and it didn't seem to take long via Neutral Bay and over the H Bridge.

Manly fans won't cross water!

There are no ferries from the northern beaches other than Manly. Any other northern beach requires at least a bus or a car to get to a ferry. Most people would take a bus or a car all the way to the city or to a train station.

Ferries are a common and delightful form of transport to the city (Circular Quay) from the lower northern suburbs such as Milson's Point, Cremorne, Mosman and Neutral Bay.

Indeed. And there are still clowns in the game who think we need to *reduce* the cap still more until the dross catch up. Death spiral.

You are correct.

However raising the SL cap to 2 million pounds might help, especially if it involves a marquee player or two allowance for each club. The key is to be able to keep 30 top flight English players and 20 top flight French players out of the grasp of rugby union. If the NRL grabs some of them then it is not a disaster for the international game, though it will make Super League unquestionably a second class competition compared to the NRL. The key is for England and France to expand geographically to tap currently dormant sources of juniors, from whom the SL clubs can maintain a talent stream.

Wow i dont really keep up with NRL news didnt realise here was that much of a difference

Its crazy nothing is being done about the cap. Changes need to be done asap!!

It's been increased by around £150k in the last couple of years with certain exemptions.
This is a very schizophrenic message board. We go from "clubs are suffering financially and need help" one day to "we need to let clubs spend more" the next.
I don't remember in detail but didnt only 2 or 3 clubs make a profit in the last set of accounts?